There was no place for conversation outside, so Xie Wanruo calmly entered the room where the queen was.
As soon as she entered the room, the queen couldn't wait to ask: "How is Cheng'er? Is he awake?"
Xie Wanruo did not answer immediately, but asked mockingly: "Does the Empress really care about His Highness's life and death?"
The queen frowned when she heard this, and said with a worried expression: "What do you mean?"
Xie Wanruo smiled inexplicably: "Mother, does your Majesty know who was injured and where?"
"Who?" the queen asked urgently.
She wanted to know so much.
Xie Wanruo noticed her anxiety and deliberately did not answer. Instead, she looked at the room in front of her with interest.
The yard was in such a dilapidated state, and the inside of the house was naturally not much better. There was still thick dust accumulated on the beams.
The old tables, chairs and beds were simply cleaned, the bedding was faded and shoddy, and the tea bowl on the table had a small hole...
Xie Wanruo thought of the magnificence of Yongning Palace, which was completely different from the Leng Palace Jane in front of her.
"Is your mother still used to living here?" Xie Wanruo asked knowingly.
The queen knew that she wanted to laugh at her, so she clasped her hands and asked with a sullen face, "How is Cheng'er? Who hurt him?"
Xie Wanruo glanced at the anxious Queen and said calmly: "Your Highness woke up the evening before yesterday, but the injury was too serious and he was unconscious for too long. He was so weak that it was difficult to drink the medicine, and it was even more difficult to eat."
The queen was relieved when she heard that Yu Cheng had woken up. But what she said next made her heart twitch again.
"Today, Dr. Chen examined His Highness and said that His Highness's stagnation of heart energy will not only affect his recovery from injuries, but will also lead to illness."
Xie Wanruo said while observing the queen's expression.
Seeing the queen's worry and panic, Xie Wanruo sneered in her heart and continued: "His Highness's wound was on the chest. The knife stabbed so hard that it almost penetrated His Highness's chest. If it had been missed even an inch, His Highness would have died at that time."
When the queen heard this, her figure suddenly trembled, and she barely managed to stand still by holding on to the corner of the table.
"Who is it?" the queen asked angrily, as if she wanted to skin and bones the man who hurt Yu Cheng.
Xie Wanruo looked at the queen, whose eyes were red and full of bone-gnawing hatred, and softly uttered two words: "Cao Qian."
who?
The queen thought she had heard wrongly, and her face was filled with shock and disbelief.
"Who are you talking about?"
Xie Wanruo raised her eyebrows: "Didn't you hear clearly, Queen Mother? Cao Qian, Lord Cao, Minister of the Ministry of War, your Highness's biological uncle, the Crown Princess's father, your...brother."
"No...impossible, absolutely impossible." The queen's legs went weak and she fell down on the stool. Her hands on the table couldn't stop shaking.
She had made many conjectures in the past few days, and even the emperor and King Jing had doubts, but she had never doubted Cao Qian.
How is that possible? Cao Qian is Yu Cheng's biological uncle. Everything he does is for Yu Cheng and the Cao family. Without Yu Cheng, what else would he rely on?
Xie Wanruo looked at the queen's reaction and sneered, "Didn't Mr. Cao consult with his mother beforehand to bring the young emperor to order the princes?"
Hearing this, the queen shuddered suddenly.
The hand on the table tightened and clenched into a fist, the bones of the fist bulged and trembled.
"How could...how dare he!" The queen gritted her teeth and trembled, unable to believe that Cao Qian would have such thoughts.
But now, Xie Wanruo had no need to lie to her.
After the violent shock, the queen forced herself to calm down, stared at Xie Wanruo and said, "I want to see Cheng'er."
Xie Wanruo sneered coldly: "Not to mention that His Highness is in bed and has difficulty walking, does the Queen Mother think that His Highness wants to see you?"
"What are you going to do after seeing this? Let His Highness give up his position as the crown prince and risk his life to protect the life of his mother?"
Every word of Xie Wanruo's words was like a blunt knife gouging out the queen's heart. It's not fatal, but it hurts and nearly suffocates the person.
"Your Highness has not asked the Queen Mother or the Cao family a word since she woke up. Does the Queen Mother know why?"
What else could be the reason? Naturally, I feel resentment in my heart, I don’t know how to face it, and I don’t want to face it.
The queen closed her eyes, and tears rolled down her face.
She wholeheartedly wanted to help Yu Cheng, but she didn't know that she had actually harmed him.
Yu Chengran hated her so much that he would never see her again.
The room fell silent for a long time.
When the hot tears turned cold, the queen opened her eyes, raised her hands to wipe away the tears on her face, and asked calmly: "What do you want me to do?"
Xie Wanruo talked to her so much, not only to see her laugh and suffer, but also for an ulterior purpose.
Xie Wanruo sighed: "His Royal Highness is trapped by benevolence and filial piety, and he is bound in his heart. Even if the queen made a huge mistake, he cannot just watch the queen die."
"But what can he do? If he fights to protect his mother and the crown prince, he will definitely break up with his father, make all the officials dissatisfied, and lose his position as crown prince. But if he doesn't save him, he will feel guilty for the rest of his life, or even return to the throne. I will feel resentment towards my father, and there will be discord between father and son..."
No matter what happens, Yu Cheng will not have an easy time.
As long as the Queen and Cao Muxue live, Yu Cheng will suffer for a day.
After saying this, Xie Wanruo didn't stay any longer and left.
Just as she was about to step out of the house, the emperor's regretful and trembling voice came from behind.
"Take good care of Cheng'er."
Xie Wanruo didn't respond and stepped out of the room.
Then, they bumped into Cao Muxue, who was hiding outside the house and eavesdropping, and met each other's eyes.
Cao Muxue looked away in panic, turned around and hurried back to the house.
Xie Wanruo stared at her escaping figure, followed her with a cold curve on her lips.
When Cao Muxue heard Xie Wanruo following into the house, she turned back and stared at her warily: "What do you want to do?"
Xie Wanruo smiled: "Don't you want to know how your children are doing?"
These words poked at Cao Muxue's Achilles' heel, causing her to freeze and unable to move.
After a long while, Cao Muxue asked fiercely: "What did you do to them!"
"Nature treats the person in his own way." At the end of the sentence, Xie Wanruo's eyes suddenly turned cold.
She had harmed her child, so of course she would retaliate in kind.
Cao Muxue shook like chaff and held on, "Xie Wanruo, if you dare to attack Hao Yan and the others, I... I will never let you go even if I'm a ghost!"
Xie Wanruo sneered nonchalantly: "If there is really a ghost, then you have to be more careful. My unborn child is waiting for you."
"You..." Cao Muxue was choked and speechless.
Although Xie Wanruo resented the queen, it was not as deep as her hatred for Cao Muxue.
After all, Cao Muxue really harmed her child and made her unable to conceive for life.
The two looked at each other angrily, hating each other deeply.
But in the end, Cao Muxue was defeated, stomping her feet and said in a frustrated tone: "What do you want!"
Xie Wanruo said: "One life for one life, I will let their brother and sister go."
Her child cannot die in vain, this is her greatest tolerance.
Cao Muxue was shocked and questioned: "Do you mean what you say?"
Xie Wanruo didn't answer and decisively turned around and left.
Nowadays, Cao Muxue has no capital to negotiate terms with her. She had a hundred ways to kill her if she wanted to.
Seeing that Xie Wan wanted to leave, Cao Muxue became anxious and chased after her, saying anxiously: "I promise you!"
She really didn't want to die and was really afraid of death.
But she is also a mother, and her children are her biggest weakness.
